gov.noaa.ncdc:C00090 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov U.S. Navy Marine Climatic Atlas is historical data set DSI-9757 archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Surface Variables include: eight-point wind roses and means and standard deviations for wind force (speed), pressure, temperature, wet bulb, dewpoint, sea surface temperature, air-sea temperature difference and wave height. Also included are light and heavy superstructure icing potentials and the frequency of gales. The first of the climatological aids to be developed was the stability array, known as star. The star output consists off frequency and percent frequency tables of wind direction versus wind speed for each stability category. This system produces seven categories ranging from extremely unstable (a) to neutral (d) to extremely stable (g). These star data can be summarized on a monthly, seasonal, or annual basis. Without the influence of clouds, insolation (incoming radiation) during the day is dependent mainly upon the solar elevations, which is a function of time of year, time of day, and station location. When clouds exist, their cover and thickness decrease incoming and outgoing radiation. In this system, insolation is estimated by solar elevation and modified for existing conditions of total sky cover and ceiling height. At night, estimates of outgoing radiation are gain based on total sky cover and ceiling height. As with most meteorological sets of data, there are not enough reporting locations and there exist large differences in stability conditions over relatively short distances. Also, the thickness of the stability layer is unknown. This dataset covers January 1850 - December 1970. The period of record varies slightly depending on the ocean basin. These data are available for world-wide sites as well as for the 300 locations in the United States, with a latitude/longitude grid of 1-degree and 5-degree resolution and either on an hourly or three-hourly observational schedule. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. Busse, A.D. J.R. Zimmerman 1973 pub. No. Epa-ra-73-024 (NTIS PB 227346 (as)) Research Triangle Park, NC EPA S.R. Doty B.L. Wallace G.C. Holzworth 1976 D.O. Martin J.A. Tikvart 19680601 APCA Paper 69-148 presented at the 61st Annual APCA meeting ST. Paul MN. F. Pasquill 1969 Met. Madg. 90 Prepared for National Air Pollution Control Administration, Dept Hew, U.S. Public Health Svc. Washington DC TRW Systems Group pages 33-49 (NTIS PB 189194) D.B. Turner 1964 J. Appl. Meteor. 3 pages 83-91 data set C00090 ANEMOMETERS BAROMETERS HYGROMETERS PSYCHROMETERS TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMOMETERS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES WIND VANES BUOYS WEATHER STATIONS National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Busse, A.D. And J.R. Zimmerman, 1973: 'User's Guide for the Climatological Dispersion Model.' pub. No. Epa-ra-73-024 (NTIS PB 227346 (as)). EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC S.R. Doty, B.L. Wallace, G.C. Holzworth, 1976: 'A Climatological Analysis of Pasquill Stability Categories Based on Star Summaries,' Available from NCDC. D.O. Martin and J.A. Tikvart, 1968, 'A General Diffusion Model for Estimating the Effects of Air Quality of One or More Sources,' APCA Paper 69-148 presented at the 61st Annual APCA meeting ST. Paul MN., June 1968. F. Pasquill, 1961: 'The Estimation of the Dispersion of Windborne Material.'Met. Madg., 90, 33-49 TRW Systems Group, 1969: 'Air Quality Display Model.' Prepared for National Air Pollution Control Administration, Dept Hew, U.S. Public Health Svc. Washington DC (NTIS PB 189194). D.B. Turner, 1964: A Diffusion Model for an Urban Area. 'J. Appl. Meteor., 3' 83-91. 18500101 19701231 Ground Condition Complete As Needed -180.0 180.0 90.0 -90.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 oceans 014 DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather Earth Sciences > Ocean > Oceanography GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WAVES > WAVE HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > ICE EXTENT GCMD Location Valids GLOBAL GCMD Location Valids TROPOSPHERE LAND SURFACE SEA SURFACE WEATHER STATIONS BAROMETERS WEATHER STATIONS TEMPERATURE SENSORS WEATHER STATIONS THERMOMETERS WEATHER STATIONS PSYCHROMETERS WEATHER STATIONS HYGROMETERS WEATHER STATIONS ANEMOMETERS WEATHER STATIONS WIND VANES BUOYS WAVE HEIGHT GAUGES BUOYS TEMPERATURE SENSORS BUOYS ANEMOMETERS BUOYS WIND VANES 1 None None Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown POSITION: 1-3 ELEMENT: Mardsen Square (10 degree) CODE: 999 POSITION: 4-5 ELEMENT: Month CODE: 99 POSITION: 6-7 ELEMENT: 1 degree Sub-Square Location CODE: 99 POSITION: 8-9 ELEMENT: 2 degree Sub-Square designator CODE: 99 POSITION: 10-11 ELEMENT: 5 degree Sub-Square designator CODE: 99 Super Structure Icing Information POSITION: 12-14 ELEMENT: (a) N where dry bulb is less than or equal to -2 C and wind speed is greater than or equal to 13 knots CODE: S999 POSITION: 15-17 ELEMENT: (b) N where dry bulb is less than or equal to -9 C and wind speed is greater than or equal to 30 knots CODE: S999 POSITION: 18-22 ELEMENT: (c) N where dry bulb and wind speed are recorded CODE: S9 (5) Wind Speed POSITION: 23-27 ELEMENT: Gales: Wind speed greater than or equal to 34 knots CODE: S9 (5) POSITION: 28-30 ELEMENT: Gales: Wind speed greater than or equal to 34 knots CODE: S999 Wind Direction POSITION: 31-41 ELEMENT: North CODE: S9 (9) V99 POSITION: 42-48 ELEMENT: North CODE: S9 (5) V99 POSITION: 49-59 ELEMENT: Northeast CODE: S9 (9) V99 POSITION: 60-66 ELEMENT: Northeast CODE: S9 (5) V99 POSITION: 67-77 ELEMENT: East CODE: S9 (9) V99 POSITION: 78-84 ELEMENT: East CODE: S9 (5) V99 POSITION: 85-95 ELEMENT: Southeast CODE: S9 (9) V99 POSITION: 96-102 ELEMENT: Southeast CODE: S9 (5) V99 POSITION: 103-113 ELEMENT: South CODE: S9 (9) V99 POSITION: 114-120 ELEMENT: South CODE: S9 (5) V99 POSITION: 121-131 ELEMENT: Southwest CODE: S9 (9) V99 POSITION: 132-138 ELEMENT: Southwest CODE: S9 (5) V99 POSITION: 139-149 ELEMENT: West CODE: S9 (9) V99 POSITION: 150-156 ELEMENT: West CODE: S9 (5) V99 POSITION: 157-167 ELEMENT: Northwest CODE: S9 (9) V99 POSITION: 168-174 ELEMENT: Northwest CODE: S9 (5) V99 POSITION: 175-179 ELEMENT: Calm CODE: S9 (5) V99 ELEMENT: Winds POSITION: 180-186 CODE: S9 (7) POSITION: 187-197 CODE: S9 (11) POSITION: 198-202 CODE: S9 (5) ELEMENT: Pressure minus 1000mb to tenths POSITION: 203-209 CODE: S9 (7) POSITION: 210-220 CODE: S9 (7) POSITION: 221-225 CODE: S9 (11) ELEMENT: Air Temp C to tenths POSITION: 226-232 CODE: S9 (7) POSITION: 233-243 CODE: S9 (11) POSITION: 244-248 CODE: S9 (5) ELEMENT: Wet Bulb Temp C to tenths POSITION: 249-255 CODE: S9 (7) POSITION: 256-266 CODE: S9 (11) POSITION: 267-271 CODE: S9 (5) ELEMENT: Dew Point Temp C to tenths POSITION: 272-278 CODE: S9 (7) POSITION: 279-312 CODE: S9 (11) POSITION: 313-317 CODE: S9 (5) ELEMENT: Sea Temp C to tenths POSITION: 295-301 CODE: S9 (7) POSITION: 302-312 CODE: S9 (11) POSITION: 313-317 CODE: S9 (5) ELEMENT: Air-Sea Temp Difference C to tenths POSITION: 318-324 CODE: S9 (7) POSITION: 325-335 CODE: S9 (11) POSITION: 336-340 CODE: S9 (5) ELEMENT: Wave Height (meters) POSITION: 341-347 CODE: S9 (7) POSITION: 348-358 CODE: S9 (11) POSITION: 359-363 CODE: S9 (5) Centroid Quadrant, Sum of Latitude, Sum of Longitude POSITION: 364 CODE: S9 (7) POSITION: 365-371 CODE: S9 (11) POSITION: 372-380 CODE: S9 (5) None National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Service Mailing and physical

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